Table 2.
Body weights at hatching, 8, 20 and 40 wks in the 5 Korean native chicken breeds
Breeds | Hatching | 8 wks | 20 wks | 40 wks |
♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ |
Kor. Rhode Island Red | 40.3±2.5ab | 39.7±3.1b | 633.0±123.0c | 628.9±75.8b | 2,091.5±192.2b | 1,773.2±148.0b | 2,841.3±232.7b | 2,099.1±178.2b |
Kor. White Leghorn | 38.8±3.0bc | 38.7±3.2b | 667.8±88.1bc | 554.4±67.4c | 1,621.2±169.0d | 1,465.9±126.1d | 2,092.1±126.2c | 1,713.4±148.2d |
Kor. Ogye | 35.6±2.6d | 34.2±2.3c | 645.5±74.4bc | 566.6±70.6c | 1,752.0±151.8cd | 1,453.1±183.9d | 2,171.9±158.4c | 1,779.9±186.3d |
Kor. Brown Cornish | 42.1±3.2a | 41.4±2.4a | 1,523.2±132.6a | 1,323.5±176.4a | 3,749.6±338.8a | 2,888.5±208.6a | 4,565.3±424.4a | 3,348.0±372.9a |
Hwanggalsaek Jaeraejong | 37.1±2.5cd | 35.4±3.0c | 712.9±83.0b | 585.1±114.0bc | 1,859.7±187.1c | 1,600.0±209.0c | 2,244.4±178.5c | 1,915.2±216.9c |
Means | 38.9±3.6 | 38.1±3.9 | 872.8±383.3 | 750.6±325.3 | 2,335.0±866.2 | 1,884.8±571.4 | 2,773.0±931.2 | 2,218.2±642.4 |